| CONDENSED MATTER: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE, ELECTRICAL, MAGNETIC, AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES |
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The Observation of Small Polaron Tunnelling in the ab-Plane of K0.85Fe1.66Se2.0 |
| MA Yong-Chang1,2**, YAN Qian1,3, ZHAO Jie2, LU Cui-Min1 |
1School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384
2Tianjin Key Lab for Photoelectric Materials and Devices, Tianjin 300384
3Key Laboratory of Display Materials and Photoelectric Devices (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin 300384
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MA Yong-Chang, YAN Qian, ZHAO Jie et al 2013 Chin. Phys. Lett. 30 107401 |
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Abstract The temperature-dependent conductivity spectrum from 3×102 Hz to 1×108 Hz in the ab-plane of a K0.85Fe1.66Se2.0 single crystal is probed. The dc measurements indicate that the charge transport can be described well by the variable range hopping model. From the ac conductivity spectrum, clear evidence for small polaron tunnelling with an activation energy of about 155 meV in ab-plane is revealed. With decreasing temperature, the real part of the dielectric spectrum shifts towards lower frequencies and also shows a wider distribution of the relaxation time. Below 140 K, the peak position of the dielectric loss spectra begins to deviate from thermal excitation behavior, reflecting the freezing of the phonon which assists the tunnelling.
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Received: 28 April 2013
Published: 21 November 2013
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74.25.F-
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(Transport properties)
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74.25.N-
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(Response to electromagnetic fields)
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74.70.Xa
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(Pnictides and chalcogenides)
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